#488B89#488B89

#488B89 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.068 H 192.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488B89
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 137)
HSL	hsl(178, 32%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(178, 48%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 0%, 1.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.65, -21.76, -5.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.65, 22.45, 194.25°)
OKLab	oklab(59.23% -0.0667 -0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(59.23% 0.068 192.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.4186, 21.6477, 26.9753)
Luminance	0.2165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488B89 #8B484A

analogous

#488B68 #488B89 #486C8B

triadic

#488B89 #89488B #8B8948

tetradic

#488B89 #68488B #8B484A #6C8B48

square

#488B89 #68488B #8B484A #6C8B48

split-complementary

#488B89 #8B486C #8B6848

monochromatic

#1E3A3A #336361 #488B89 #62AEAC #8BC3C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#488B89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#488B89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488B89

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488B89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488B89	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848589

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787D8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#238E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488b89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.068 192.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80adab',
    500: '#488b89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488b89;
$custom-light: #80adab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488b89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.209,
    "s": 31.754,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5923,
    "c": 0.0684,
    "h": 192.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488B89

secondary

#AE8082

accent

#6063C8

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #488B89

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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